Cárie dentária e condições sócio-econômicas: um estudo transversal com jovens de 18 anos de Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

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Evelise Ribeiro Gonçalves¹  Marco Aurélio Peres²  Wagner Marcenes¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Departamento de Saúde Pública Florianópolis SC ,Brasi

关键词: Dental Caries;    Social Conditions;    Adolescence;    Oral Health;    Epidemiology;    Cárie Dentária;    Condições Sociais;    Adolescência;    Saúde Bucal;    Epidemiologia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2002000300013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and severity of dental caries and need for treatment among 18 years-old males in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. In addition, the associations between dental caries and socioeconomic conditions were tested. A cross sectional study was carried out. A random sample of 300, was selected from a list of Brazilian Army conscripts. Clinical data were collected according to World Health Organization criteria. Socioeconomic data (years of education of the subjects, their fathers and mothers and family income) were collected through interviews. The statistical significance of associations between socioeconomic indicators and dental caries prevalence were tested using the chi-square test whilst for severity of dental caries Mann-Whitney test was used. The prevalence of dental caries was 81% and the mean DMF-T was 4.5. The mean number of teeth that needed treatment was 1.2. Both dental status and treatment need were statistically significantly associated with socioeconomic indicators. Those with low levels of education and income experienced more disease and needed more treatment than those from high levels of education and income.

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